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Friends refusing to refund holiday moneh
I booked 2 holidays this summer with some friends: a holiday to a cottage and a camping trip both costing me around £110 for the 2 but with fall outs in the group they are refusing to let me come or give me my money back. what should I do? I have linked an image of the message
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Financial Remedy Order
Hello, I would need some guidance about Financial Remedy Order after divorce and hope someone might be able to help me. I am now divorced from my ex Husband as of last year. Sorting out finances has not been an easy task. At first we have agreed of no splitting of assets and I have sent off for Consent Order to be dealt…
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Decree Nisi to Decree Absolute divorce question
Hi. I'm the petitioner. I can apply the decree nisi to be made absolute after 16 June 2021 but the financial claims of my wife hasn't been settled. I wish to delay decree absolute. Could you please assist.
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Partner is still married, after 4 years of being together?!
My partner is still married after 4 years in to our relationship and has been going through divorce proceedings with his ex during the entire time. I feel like a dirty secretive mistress and I am embarassed to say I am with a married man when work colleagues, friends and family ask when we’re going to tye the knot! It’s…
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WILL
Hi, I have been married for over 35 years and have four step children. However whilst I have worked hard all my life (my wife never worked) I supported my wife and the step children and payed for almost everything. However my wife now wants us both to make a will, she has been very controlling all of our marriage and I…
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Advice on buying out partner from mortgage
My wife and I are separating and we're starting the horrible process of deciding how we can move on with our lives and minimise the impact on our 2 children (8 & 5). We have a joint mortgage (i.e. joint tenancy) and approximately 50% equity in our house. After doing initial sums, I think that I can buy her out without…
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ex-husband threatening to enter mutual property when I'm not there
Hello wonderful people I have a genuine problem that I need advice with. I live in a house that I bought with my now ex-husband in 2011. We have to sell the property to pay the shared equity loan. The house is not ready to go on the market as yet , a long story, but now my ex is threatening to "make entry" to the house…
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How to split my estate fairly in my will
I am single, mid-sixties no kids or exes. I plan to leave my estate equally to my three nieces. There is a hitch though. One of my nieces is in fact a step niece, for want of a better word. When my brother married his wife, he took the child on as his own, who was then about 3(before having two further daughters, my…
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POA - Some advice - but also - who decides?
I have just started to create a POA on the government website. Once we know what we want to say, my wife will raise a "mirror" version of mine. There will be both a financial and a health POA for both of us eventually. So - questions. 1. I had assumed that my wife would be my first attorney and my three children (all…
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House sale detb
Hi all. My house is on the very last stage of sale. It is morgaged by myself and ex husband, he has run up a hugh detb with is only in his name there is a charge order against the house attached to it all figures have been calculated now and he has a short fall of £8553 if it doesnt pay it even though i know he has the…
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Ex still hasnt shared the pension 6 yeares later.
This was due to a mistake by the courts but of course hes made zero effort to correct or chase it. Do i have to go back to the family court or could I pursue this as a debt through the small claims does anyone know ?
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Fleeing domestic violence - getting belongings back
I am trying to help someone who has fled domestic violence. She left with hardly any belongings and is now living in a different city but wants her clothing etc back. She is afraid to go back to get her belongings as she is worried ex husband will attack her. Would the police attend with her to help her remove her…
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Separated partner won’t remove belongings
Hi my husband and I separated 30 months ago, he moved out and I’ve remained in the family home with our 10 year old. I’ve tried to initiate divorce proceedings 3 times and he’s failed to acknowledge the papers every time. He’s moved in to his girlfriends house and is in and out of work, doing nothing it seems to get his…
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Separation Agreement witnesses & consequences
Hello all,My wife and I have had a separation agreement drawn up which we agree to, wanted to check who we need to have it witnessed by, also what are the consequences of either of us not abiding by the agreement. Thank you in advance
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Applying for school place after moving borough
Hello, I am the father of a 6 year old boy. We moved house last September to a new London Borough and decided to enrol our son to a private school. The private school are of the view that our son has special educational needs and they are not able to cater for his needs. As such, we need to apply to a state school. Our…
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Neighbour's Household Has Too Many Children?
I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this or anything but I have a question I would like a bit of opinion on really.The neighbours in question live in a two bedroom flat in the same block as me. The bedrooms are a fine size, not massive but not box rooms and they are a couple and have three kids living there as…
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The etiquette when a parcel is left with a neighbour
I'd like other people's view on what the etiquette would be when a parcel I've ordered has been left at a neighbour's. Should it be up to me to collect it as it's my parcel or should the person who has taken it drop it round when I'm home ? I'm guessing as it's my parcel it's down to me to collect it asap. Just moved onto…
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Parents of Uni students with min maintenance loan - parental contribution, which way to do it?
In Sept my youngest will be starting a degree course at a drama school (not a Uni). Tuition fees are paid through SFE and she will receive the min maintenance loan. We have an older one going into yr3 at Uni. As he also receives the min maintenance loan, what we've always done is pay his rent (his rent is inclusive of all…
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